Minutes of 1st

Coordination Meeting of

Inter Agency Group,

Odisha

On Floods 2017 21ST July 2017

July 2017

Summary The 1st coordination meeting on floods was held in Red Cross Bhavan on 21st July 2017. The

meeting was chaired by the chairperson of IAG Odisha and Honorary Secretary of Indian Red

Cross Society, Odisha Dr.Gyanabrata Mohanty on behalf of IAG Odisha.

Following points were discussed in respect to the agenda.

Update on Immediate humanitarian support/ response

The meeting was started with an update on flood situation by Sri. Prvat Ranjan Mohapatra,

deputy Relief Commissioner of Govt. of Odisha. As on 20th July 2017- 3 districts are affected

floods including 19 Blocks,489 Villages, 1.44 lakhs people are affected and 39,411 live stock are

lost. So far house damage and crop damage enumeration is still going on by government and

the same will be released with in few days.

Sri.Mohapatra said ODRAF, Fire Services, CRPF and NDRF have been engaged in relief and

rescue operation. All persons who were trapped due to floods are rescued to the temporary

shelters and safe places. Emergent food assistance is being distributed to the affected people

as per the norms and Guidelines of SDRF and further assistance will also be provided based on

the guidelines of Government. Sri Mohaptara also shared that- as now the situation is getting

normal besides 2 districts (Kalahandi and Raygada). And in Raygada district there are few areas

of Kalyansighpur block, where the communication is still disrupt/in-accessible. So far situation

of Kalahandi district is concerned- few areas of Thuamulrampur block has been affected more

in comparison to other blocks. These areas need all our attention Sri.Mohaptara added.

By highlighting about the institutional mechanism and emergency response Dr.Kamal Lochan

Mishra expressed that- As per the Institutional mechanism of Disaster Management of Odisha

is concerned- the Response activities are handled by SRC and Preparedness planning and

prevention are handled by OSDMA. He said It has been our effort to orient the NGOS operating

in the state -to gradually diversify their role from relief centric approach to mitigation. Because

from 1999 till now relief has under gone tremendous change so far Govt. parameters and

norms are concerned. As per the alignment of SDG, sendai frame work etc. the entire world is

definitely focusing their approach from relief centric approach to long term strategic plans and

mitigation. As NGOs are the intellectual face of the government, I urge all IAG members to

focus on their approach in that way. So, efforts and resources of the NGOs and donor agencies

will be utilised in a proper way. Post disaster rehabilitation and restoration is very vital during

post disaster situation where NGOs are playing a very important role in this situation also NGOs

can play a significant role to supplement the efforts of Government, Dr.Mishra Added. During

his address, he also suggested to use the resources from CSR for disaster response and also

suggested IAG to create a convergence between CSR bodies and CSOs.

Dr. Mishra also opined - as a Humanitarian Organisation we should extend all possible help to

the affected people in this hour of need by providing immediate health and livelihood related

support services as soon as possible. He stressed “there has been an emerging need of

immediate health care support in Raygada district, if any agencies is willing to work there with

any kind of support(Human resource/Doctors/Medical Camps etc.) they should inform about the

same to Govt. through IAG Odisha.

In his remarks Dr. Mohanty expressed that Red Cross is also closely monitoring the situation

and we are constantly in touch with the District Collectors. And he said as a member of IAG we

should give our efforts in a proper and planned way by which we can avoid problems like

duplicacy could be avoided during our response.

Followed by that Sri. Debabrat Patra regional manager of ActionAid made of brief presentation

on flood situation assessment conducted by ActionAid in Raygada and Kalahandi.

During his presentation Sri.Patra he made the following points-

Affected Areas of Raygada-

Blocks affected- Two (Kalyansingh Pur and Rayagda)

• GPs affected - Seven (Majhiguda, Budaguda, Sikarpai, Pujariguda, Sonakhandi, Karpa

and K.S.Pur)

• Villages affected – 9

• Total population affected- Approximately 800

• Total crops damaged - 2500 hectares

• Type of crops damaged - cotton, ragi (millets), corn, paddy

• Type of livestock casualty- Cow, Bullock, Goat, Sheep, poultry

• Case of Casualty – No

• Cut-off villages- Kotaguda, Kuradi, Jilanda and Katapadu of Majhiguda GP

• Cut - off GPs - Majhiguda, Pujariguda and Sunakhandi GPs

Affected areas in Kalahandi district

• 10 GPs of Bhawanipatna block

• 7 GPs in Junagarh block

• 15 GPs in Lanjigarh block in Niyamgiri area

• 8 GPs in Norla Block

• 8 GPs in Kalampur block and few villages in Koksara block.

• The worst affected area is Thuamul Rampur block and parts of Lanjigarh block situated

near Nagavali River.

• All the 24 Gram Panchayats of Thuamul Rampur block got affected among which

villages of Panchayats like Nakrundi, Tal Ampadar, Kerpai, Silet, Gunupur, Karlapat,

Kiapadar, Sindhipadar, Kaniguma, Taljhapi, Maligaon, Tal-Nagi, Podapadar are the

worst affected.

The major communities affected are Tribals (Kutia Kondha and Dongria Kondha) and Dalits

(Pana and Domb).

The major impacts on the communities are followings :

1) Thousands acres of lands are sand casted

2) Extensive damage of houses

3) Major damage of village infrastructures

4) Impacts on agriculture and loss/damage of agriculture implements, with huge loss of

millets, corn, cereals, vegetable crops and cash crops

5) Severe impacts on livelihoods and livestock cattle (poultry, goat, sheep, cow and

bullock)

6) Increased health risks resulting from contamination of water and the scattered debris

7) Contaminated water sources (hand pumps, open wells, ponds) due to debris

8) Impacts on women and children's protection (lost shelter and livelihoods make women

vulnerable to trafficking and violence) issues. It also making more vulnerable to

pregnant women and lactating mothers

9) Reduced availability of food at household level.

Few present members mentioned that they will update IAG Odisha in which areas they can

provide support, after communicating the information’s to their respective national

Headquarters. While 3 agencies have confirmed for providing relief and rehabilitation i.e–

CASA, Caritas, ActionAid.

Administrative Support from Government & Updation of the URS Matrix During the meeting CGM of OSDMA and Deputy SRC agreed to assist IAG members during

the flood response. And suggested IAG to send a request letter to government by mentioning

who is working where and type of support they are willing to provide. Followed by that

Government will further send instruction to concerned district collectors to provide assistance

and cooperation in emergency response/ Also suggested all IAG members to keep in loop to

the district collectors about their response activities to get assistance/ administrative support,

to avoid duplicacy and get recognition.

it was decided that IAG Odisha will circulate the URS matrix format with all the member

agencies and they will share the updated information in the matrix via e-mail -

iagorissa@gmail.com. The filled format will be shared with Government and other

stakeholders, which will help to know the presence of different organisations in various districts

to avoid duplication & to maintain transparency on which agency is working where and what

etc. It was decided agencies will include every kind of resources they have, including the human

resources, material etc. with a point of contact in the URS matrix format.

The participants also shared the emerging problems, needs and challenges experiencing at

field level.

1. The most emerging needs are Health Care Support,Drinking Water, WASH, NFIs are

major requirement of the hour.

2. Nutritional foods are also highly needed for children’s and pregnant ladies.

3. Communication is still disrupt in many areas of Raygada especially in Kalyansinghpur

block, where CSO

4. Need to map the village/people require assistance/ relief which could be done in joint

collaboration with District Administration

5. Medical Support (Medical Camps/Mobile Health Clinics) is highly required in the in-

accessible areas of Raygada.

6. Since thousands of people have lost their livelihood, though Long term livelihood

support is highly needed.

7. Centurion University will conduct an assessment in the affected to collect the human

case stories of the flood affected areas and to collect the basic datas, the final reports

will be shared with IAG members after compilation.

The Meeting was coordinated and ended with the vote of thanks by Manoranjan Behera.

List of Participants

S.L No. Name Organisation Name

1 Sri.Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra Office of The Special Relief Commissioner, Govt of Odisha

2 Dr.Kamal Lochan Mishra OSDMA

3 Ms. Seema Mohanty OSDMA-UNDP

4 Mr.Debabrat Patra ActionAid

5 P.J Verkey Caritas India

6 Basant Panigrahi IGSSS

7 Dr.Brijesh Mehta Unicef

8 Ms. Bharati chakra HelpAge India

9 Mr.Sarat ku Behera UNWFP

10 Mr. Purna Ch. Mohanty WaterAid

11 Mr. Prosenjit Ray Save The Children

12 Ms. Inakhi Patra CASA

13 Ms. Saswati N Mohapatra Plan India

14 Mr. Amar Ghana CRS

15 Ms. A Suchitra CUTM-SDM

16 Dr.Gyana Brata Mohanty IRCS-OSB, IAG Odisha

17 Mr. Manoranjan Behera IAG Odisha